What is the grammatical error in 'Running quickly down the steep street, the school bag fell from his shoulder'?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Dangling participle
- Step 1: A dangling participle occurs when a participial phrase modifies a subject that cannot logically perform the action. Step 2. Here, the sentence absurdly suggests that 'the school bag' was running down the street. Answer: Dangling participle. Why not the others: 'Split infinitive' places an adverb between to and verb; 'Faulty parallelism' unbalances structures; 'Double negative' uses two negations.
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